---
type: "Bill"
title: "Claims against the state: appropriation."
description: "Claims against the state: appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 283"
citation: "California AB 283 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Claims against the state: appropriation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-05"
last_action: "2004-01-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/818cf754-31af-426e-ab25-b6106364b461"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB283"
source_hash: "b8d58c14952ef9b2e86f1dae02e44e4dd4c894bf8afb6ce4e888d88fd007f55b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 283 (20032004) — Claims against the state: appropriation.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/05/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB283&version=20030AB28399INT)
2. **01/21/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB283&version=20030AB28395CHP)
3. **06/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB283&version=20030AB28398AMD)
4. **09/10/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB283&version=20030AB28397AMD)
5. **AB283** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB283)
6. **01/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB283&version=20030AB28396ENR)

## Votes

- ab 283 campbell concurrence- urgency added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 283 jackson consent calendar second day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Campbell — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2004-01-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 3, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-01-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-01-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2004-01-12** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 4211.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-12** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2566.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-11** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2003-09-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-07-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1036.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 11). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-02-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2003-02-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/818cf754-31af-426e-ab25-b6106364b461`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).